Page 1 of a Jewish Exponent article on the legendary Philadelphia Sphas (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) basketball squad, a virtually all-Jewish team that could beat anybody.

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Page 2 of a Jewish Exponent article on the legendary Philadelphia Sphas (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) basketball squad, a virtually all-Jewish team that could beat anybody.

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Page 3 of a Jewish Exponent article on the legendary Philadelphia Sphas (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) basketball squad, a virtually all-Jewish team that could beat anybody.

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Dutch Garfinkel, originator of the "look-away" pass.

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Dutch Garfinkel "was one of the great passers of all time," said Leonard Lewin, dean of New York basketball writers, in an interview with this web site on February 22, 2001.

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Team picture of the 1945-46 Rochester Royals. The Royals won the National Basketball League championship, defeating the Sheboygan Redskins, three games to none, in the championship series. Dutch Garfinkel is in the front row on the far left, and Red Holzman is holding the basketball in the center of the front row.

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A newspaper story about Dutch Garfinkel's last game for St. John's. Legendary coach Joe Lapchick is quoted as saying, "Why, it's giving me headaches right now just thinking about what we'll do without him next season."

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Various pictures of Dutch Garfinkel in his playing days. Walter McLaughlin, St. John's Athletic Director for 39 years, said that "Dutch was the most unselfish player we've ever had."

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News feature about Dutch Garfinkel, an original Celtic. His bullet passes were so hard to intercept that "I broke fingers on the hands of four different players," he admitted.

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Peter Vecsey, the New York Post's celebrated basketball columnist (and NBC commentator), listing Dutch Garfinkel as one of the city's greatest all-time high school basketball players.

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Dutch Garfinkel's hand-written resume of his storied basketball career, given to this web site in April, 2001.

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The Haggerty Award is given to New York City's best collegiate player. Notice that the first 6 winners, including Dutch Garfinkel, were Jewish, as were subsequent winners Sid Tannenbaum, Dolph Schayes, Al Seiden, and Barry Kramer.

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A 1936 newspaper story mentioning Jack Garfinkel's prowess as a basketball star at Jefferson High.

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"Jack Garfinkel, 185 pounds of granite and steel, was Jefferson's man of the hour," according to this 1936 news story about Jefferson's victory in the P.S.A.L. basketball tournament.